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Y’did Nefesh

Melody: Hasidic Nigun

יְדִיד נֶֽפֶשׁ אָב הָרַחֲמָן, מְשֹׁךְ עַבְדָּךְ אֶל רְצוֹנָךְ

יָרוּץ עַבְדָּךְ כְּמוֹ אַיָּל, יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל מוּל הֲדָרָךְ

יֶעֱרַב לוֹ יְדִידוּתָךְ, מִנֹּֽפֶת צוּף וְכָל טָֽעַם.

הִגָּלֵה נָא וּפְרֹשׂ חֲבִיב עָלַי אֶת סֻכַּת שְׁלוֹמָךְ

תָּאִיר אֶֽרֶץ מִכְּבוֹדָּךְ, נָגִֽילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָּךְ

מַהֵר אָהוּב כִּי בָא מוֹעֵד, וְחָנֵּֽנִי כִּימֵי עוֹלָם.

A widely sung melody for Y’did Nefesh, it is one of my earliest and fondest Shabbat memories from Camp Ramah in New England.

Note: There are four Stanzas in Y’did Nefesh. This recording contains the first and fourth stanzas.

L’khu N’ranena

Melody: Abayudaya

לְכוּ נְרַנְּנָה לַייָ, נָרִֽיעָה לְצוּר יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ.

נְקַדְּמָה פָנָיו בְּתוֹדָה, בִּזְמִרוֹת נָרִֽיעַ לוֹ.

כִּי אֵל גָּדוֹל יְיָ, וּמֶֽלֶךְ גָּדוֹל עַל כָּל אֱלֹהִים.

Taught to me my Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, leader of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda.

Ya’aloz Sadai

Melody: Navot Ben Barak and Yoel Sykes

יַעֲלֹז שָׂדַי וְכָל אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ, אָז יְרַנְּנוּ כָּל עֲצֵי יָֽעַר.

I learned this melody when visiting Nava Tehila during my month-long stay in Jerusalem, January ’16. It has quickly become a hit in our Religious School.

Or Zarua

Melody: Hazzan Jeremy Stein

אוֹר זָרֻֽעַ לַצַּדִּיק, וּלְיִשְׁרֵי לֵב שִׂמְחָה.

שִׂמְחוּ צַדִּיקִים בַּייָ, וְהוֹדוּ לְזֵֽכֶר קָדְשׁוֹ.

One of two new melodies I have composed for this Shabbat service.

Yiram Hayam

Melody: Based on “Atlantis” by Donovan*

יִרְעַם הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֹ, תֵּבֵל וְיֹֽשְׁבֵי בָהּ.

נְהָרוֹת יִמְחֲאוּ כָף, יַֽחַד הָרִים יְרַנֵּֽנוּ.

While working on a new melody for this text, I found that this melody, with a few adjustments, worked very well.

*Bonus points if you can figure out why this melody is appropriate for the text.

L’kha Dodi

Melody: Hazzan Jeremy Stein

לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה, פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה.

שָׁמוֹר וְזָכוֹר בְּדִבּוּר אֶחָד

הִשְמִיעָֽנוּ אֵל הַמְּיֻחָד.

יְיָ אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד

לְשֵׁם וּלְתִפְאֶֽרֶת וְלִתְהִלָּה.

לְכָה דוֹדִי...

לִקְרַאת שַׁבָּת לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה

כִּי הִיא מְקוֹר הַבְּרָכָה

מֵרֹאשׁ מִקֶּֽדֶם נְסוּכָה

סוֹף מַעֲשֶׂה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה תְּחִלָּה.

לְכָה דוֹדִי...

בּֽוֹאִי בְשָׁלוֹם עֲטֶֽרֶת בַּעְלָהּ

גַּם בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְצָהֳלָה

תּוֹךְ אֱמוּנֵי עַם סְגֻלָּה

בּֽוֹאִי כַלָּה, בּֽוֹאִי כַלָּה.

לְכָה דוֹדִי...

I wrote this melody while in cantorial school at JTS. I was walking home from Shabbat services and the melody came to me. Since it was Shabbat, I couldn’t write it down. I had to sing it to myself the whole day so I wouldn’t forget it. This recording is from my first Nusah Presentation a months later.

Note: There are nine Stanzas in Y’did Nefesh. This recording contains the first two and final stanzas.